News briefs: May 3
Posted: Sat, May 4 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
NASA awarded Boeing's Rocketdyne division a five-year, $1.14 billion contract on Friday to continue maintenance of the space shuttle main engines. The...

Ariane launches SPOT 5 satellite
Posted: Sat, May 4 1:41 AM ET (0541 GMT)
An Ariane 4 booster successfully launched the French SPOT 5 remote sensing satellite Friday night. The Ariane 42P, the version of the Ariane 4 that...

TRW shareholders reject Northrop offer
Posted: Sat, May 4 1:10 AM ET (0510 GMT)
TRW announced Friday that its shareholders have rejected a hostile offer from rival Northrop Grumman. TRW said that shareholders, voting in a special meeting, turned...

News briefs: May 1
Posted: Fri, May 3 10:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
The Defense Department on Thursday cleared the way to continue work on a space-based missile warning system despite the program's cost overruns. Pete...

NASA preparing to end X-38 program
Posted: Thu, May 2 2:50 PM ET (1850 GMT)
NASA Headquarters has instructed the Johnson Space Center to stop work on the X-38, a prototype of a proposed International Space Station crew return...

Report: more studies of Martian hazards necessary
Posted: Thu, May 2 1:53 PM ET (1753 GMT)
NASA should conduct more research into potential environmental, chemical, and biological hazards before sending any humans to Mars, a report issued Wednesday concluded. The report,...

News briefs: May 1
Posted: Thu, May 2 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
US Senator Barbara Mikulski said at a hearing Wednesday that she plans to work to restore funding for a Pluto mission into NASA's 2003...

SLI reaches first milestone review
Posted: Wed, May 1 7:28 PM ET (2328 GMT)
NASA officials reported Tuesday on the results of the first milestone review of the agency's Space Launch Initiative (SLI) program, an effort to develop...

Astronomers show off new Hubble camera images
Posted: Wed, May 1 7:12 PM ET (2312 GMT)
The Hubble Space Telescope's newest camera is providing astronomers with some of the best images ever, NASA announced Tuesday. Astronomers released the first images...

News briefs: April 30
Posted: Wed, May 1 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that former astronaut Bryan O'Connor will be the agency's new associate adminisitrator for the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance,...